Adjustable car for children



C. BRADWAY. ADJUSTABLE CAR FOR CHILDREN. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1917.

- PatentedSept. 6, 1921.

PATENT OFFlCE.

CHAT'I'IN BRAIDWAY, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADJUSTABLE CAR FOR CHILDREN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 6, 1921.

Application filed September 13, 1917. Serial No. 191,123.

T 0 all to 710% it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHATTIN BRADWAY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Cars for Children, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cars for children of that type in which the car is propelledby the feet engaging the sidewalk.

The general object of the invention is to improve the construction of the car so as to be readily adjustable as to the heights of the seat, and of more attractive appearance.

A more specific object is to provide novel spring supporting members between the rear axle and the seat and a novel connecting means between the steering post and seat, whereby the seat can be adjusted to suit children of different size.

With such objects in view, and others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth with particularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates certain embodiments of the inven ion and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the car;

Fig. 2 is a side view showing the spring supporting means for the seat;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the front end of the seat and the bearing for the steering post;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a modified form of bearing for the steering post; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one part of the bearing shown in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawing, 1 is the seat supported on rear wheels 2 and a front wheel 3, the rear wheels being attached to an axle t which is bolted to the lower ends of curved springs or supporting members 5 that have spaced apertures 5' in their upper ends for receiving the bolts 6 which pass through the seat. The bolts pass through any corresponding openings in the springs, according to the desired height of the seat from the ground, and by using wing nuts 7 the adjustment can be readily made without tools.

The front wheel 3 is mounted in the fork g of the steering post 9, the axle 10 having 1ts ends projecting to form foot rests 11. The seathas a bearing 12 in which the steering post 9 is journaled. According to Figs. 1 and 3, this hearing is formed from a. doubled strip of metal shaped into an eye 18 and the ends extend radially therefrom to form an ear or lug 14 which is disposed in a slot 14; in the seat, and pins 15 extending through the seat and lug 1e secure the hearing in place. The eye 13 has a horizontal slot 17 through which passes a pin or eye screw 18 that engages in any one of a series of apertures 19 in the post 9, so that the front end of the seat can be raised or lowered on the steering column.

According to Figs. 4 and 5, the bearing for the steering post comprises a vertical hole 20 in the seat, and a ring 21 fastened to the under side of the seat and having an opening 22 registering with the opening 20. The block or ring 21 has a re css 23 which forms a slot for the fastening pin or screw 24.

On the upper end of the steering post 9 is a suitable steering means, such as a head member 25, which may represent a horse or other animal. A handle representing reins 26 is formed of a strip of metal doubled U- shaped which straddles the head member 25 and is pivoted thereto at 27, and'on the reins is a cross-piece 28 forming a grip whereby the child can easily steer the car. The handle 'is pivotally attached to the head member in front of the steering post and is of such length that the opposite extremity will bear on the head member at a point behind the steering post, as shown in Fig. 1, and when in this position the child can propel the car and coast with one foot on the axle while the other foot pushes on the ground to produce impulses, and at the same time the weight of the child leaning forward is supported to a considerable extent on the head member as the child grips the handle 8 to steer the car. The reins-like handle adjusts itself to the child for any position of the seat, as it can be held at any angle to suit the position of the childs hands in a natural driving posture. The head member is rigidly fastened to the upper end of the steering post but the seat of the child, and as the member moves up or down with respect to the post to accommodate the car to the size handle is hingedly connected to the head member the grip end of the handle will be held by the child in a natural or comfortable position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1 A childs car including a seat, an axle, wheels on the axle, a vplurality of springs connected with the axle, and means for ads just-ably connecting the springs to the seat for varying the distance between the axle and seat, said means comprising apertures spaced apart longitudinally of each spring, and fasteners on the seat engaging'ln the apertures.

2. A childs car including a seat,'a pair of springs, and an axle to which the springs are attached, the upper ends of the springs being curved and adjustably connected to the seat, whereby the distance between the seat and axle can be changed.

3. A childs car including a seat, a bearing eye carried on the front of the seat and aving a slot, a steering post extending through the eye, and means adjustably fastened tothe steering post and engaging in the slot to permit of rotation of the steering post and to prevent movement of the seat axially of the post while the said means is fastened to the latter.

4. A childs car including a seat member, a steering post connected therewith, a head member attached to the steering post, a U- shaped handle member straddling the head member and pivotally connected with the latter at a point in front of the steering post and of such length that the free end opposite from the pivoted end is adapted to bear onthe head member at a point behind the steering post, and a grip attached to the free end of the handle member.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 12th day of Sept. A. D. 1917.

, CHATTIN BRADWAY. 

